Michelle Cordon

Our focus in #positive #education lessons has been on #strengths and #growthmindset With only a few weeks left of the year it’s time to reflect on the work that’s been done and prepare ourselves for the next challenges that await! @SPSC_Adelaide @BDStorer @jasmineftaylor1

How do you get reluctant boys to read? Give them the gross stuff 🤮, funny stuff 😂, embarrassing but true life stuff 😳Reading engagement is at an all time high thanks to @AndyGbooks and boys are begging to read aloud to their peers. Love the enthusiasm! @SPSC_Adelaide

Research proves physical movement helps students engage in, investigate and understand #maths concepts. @SPSC_Adelaide we’ve been getting #active with #algebra in Year 4! Boys have been using their bodies as tools for learning to help solve team challenges. @JGelsthorpe

@SarahLeyson1 @SPSC_Adelaide @jasmineftaylor1 @JGelsthorpe Wow what an amazing job!

Blown away by the incredible digital art from my class as part of our significant place #inquiry this term, using the tools on Sketches School to create texture and depth. So lucky to have such beautiful buildings on site! @SPSC_Adelaide @jasmineftaylor1 @JGelsthorpe

Couldn’t be prouder today to represent @SPSC_Adelaide at Tournament of Minds. All boys demonstrated #truth #respect and #service with congratulations going to the Golden Boys who earned Honours in the Primary STEM category. @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1

Every small action matters 🌏 Year 4 @SPSC_Adelaide are investigating properties of materials and #sustainability through the lens of @GlobalGoalsUN and today @MakerspaceAdl gave them an insightful hands-on experience about waste. @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1

@AndyGbooks I love reading this again and again. Toilet humour 💩 and anticipating when the snickers and giggles will come never gets old. My boys are begging for the next two instalments!

Working on key oral language and text comprehension skills I’ve been reading aloud a @AndyGbooks classic 📖 Boys engaged in vigorous debate with convincing arguments for their choices. Never had we had such a contentious issue in the classroom before! 😂 @SPSC_Adelaide

Atlas? What’s an atlas? 🌏📚 Yes kids this is what we used before Google Maps😆 So many intrigued minds! What a wonderful technology-free day we had developing #teamwork, #literacy and other key cross-curricular skills @SPSC_Adelaide @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1 @BDStorer

@SarahLeyson1 How cool is this?!

Can’t. Stop. Watching. Mind blown!

I 💙 a good challenge and watching my boys problem solve. They worked together to #explore, #determine and #organise fractional values using relational rods. So exciting to see the look on their face when there is a💡moment! @SPSC_Adelaide @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1

Learning IPA requires #perseverance and #teamwork. Our #THRASS word inquiry challenge today was to try and learn some animal names 🐱🦆🐼🦁🐊 The boys made some great connections between IPA and English. @SPSC_Adelaide @jasmineftaylor1 @JGelsthorpe

And it’s 🥇 to Usain Potato & Jamaica in the first 🤸‍♂️ event of the Potato Commonwealth Games @SPSC_Adelaide! We are taking the opportunity to use the Games to enrich our geography, maths & science units as well as character strengths & wellbeing. @JGelsthorpe @BDStorer

Today we investigated fractional parts of geometric shapes and used pattern blocks to solve a variety of puzzles. Boys had to use their #mathematicalmindsets to find multiple solutions and share their explanations. @joboaler @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1

An unfortunate eggcident during what was an otherwise eggcellent eggsample of acquiring and applying science vocabulary in our forces unit. 🥚 @SPSC_Adelaide @jasmineftaylor1 @JGelsthorpe

It was interesting to observe how a math task unintentionally became fine motor practice. The boys #growthmindsets were challenged!We often underestimate how skills like dexterity can have an impact on all areas of the curriculum. @SPSC_Adelaide @JGelsthorpe

A beautiful morning making memories with grandparents @SPSC_Adelaide Inspired by @JOSHPYKE and our Family Tree activities the boys engaged in lovely conversations over painted hands 🎨 ✋ 🤚 You could definitely feel the love in the room 💙💙💙 @BDStorer @jasmineftaylor1

Our #word #inquiry lesson took a fun and unexpected twist today. The boys took #ownership of one of our #THRASS charts. Fabulous to see such enthusiasm over #phonemes and #graphemes! What box would you own with your name? @SPSC_Adelaide @JGelsthorpe @jasmineftaylor1